It probably wouldn't be tall enough, or sturdy enough. You'll learn in a big hurry that if the stand is even an inch too short, you'll kill your back stooping over it.

Standard waiter tray stands are about 32" If you're tall like me, you'll want their "tall" stand which is about 36-38" high. You can then cut off the attached webbing and replace it with an adjustable luggage strap (available at Wal-mart for $5) and you can lower the top while at the same time widening it to make it more stable.

I used a 3/8 piece of plywood and stapled on professional poker cloth and padding. The top cost me about $50 in materials (I needed the green cloth, which was the biggest cost. One yard of Naugahyde or felt will cost you only about $2) and the stand was about $25, plus $5 for the strap. I added screw eyes in the ends of the stand and buckled on a left over laptop case strap. Just unbuckle the web strap and use it to fasten the top in place, and I'm ready to go anywhere!
You can see the Naugahyde version on my MySpace page, and the Poker Cloth version in the picture slide show on that same page. www.myspace.com/dvmagic

Stand with your arms at your sides and your palms parallel to the floor. Be sure your elbows are comfortably flexed. Then measure from your palms to the floor. This will work for nearly everything you'll want to do. If you do dice stacking, or some Cups and Balls move that require your hand closer to the table, you might want to raise the height another inch or two. That's the beauty of using a waiter stand and adjustable strap. Also, you'll never outgrow your table that way. Tops can be interchanged from hard dice stacking to soft padding, with or without fringe, whatever.

Let me try to get some more knowledge before i go out and build a table.
Dave sounds like the table you have there don't have a framework to stop anything from rolling out?

For me i don't have a staple gun so what should i use? Please don't tell me to go buy a staple gun becasue i have no intentions on buying something thats 30 bucks and using it only once.

I want to build my table out of a 3/8 peice of ply but i have no carpenter skills at all. So how do i put a a framework onto it? For me a framework for the table top is top piority. If you can suggest anything.

My plans are as follows as of right now

Get a bullentin board or a art frame . I'm leaning toward the bulletin board tough. Then either get closeup mat from my local magic shop and thumb tack the close up mat onto it. I would perfer a close up mat becasue it has padding with it.But i have to check the bullentin board's recess becasue i dont want the padding to be higher then the framework itself. I am still afriad that the table will tip back if i drop 4 balls onto it and
coconut. A bullentin board doens't seem to have to weight and balance it needs. (now im just guessing becasue i don't have one yet.) So maybe by adjusting the table stand wider without it going off the height i need would be a better solution to balancing the table itself.Feel free to critize me on what is wrong with my plans so i can make it better and not make a frankenstein and not use it later.

Also Guardian could you post more pictures of the table and the stand.
Lastsly if anyone else have sugggestions or would like to post how they made their table please feel free to post.

However, if you're handy, check out the ones they have at Ikea, or Walmart and take a look at how they're made, and what makes them unstable, then construct your own. Home Depot or Home Hardware should have everything you need in terms of hardware for your hinges and such.

You don't have to be too handy. They're not very complicated so anyone with a small knowlege of woodworking should be able to make a decent looking table.

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